Flash Demo

doghouse · Post by **doghouse** » Thu May 15, 2008 6:57 pm

Hi All!
Is there a demo for creating reports with pictures that are linked by the data column?

Rgds
Doghouse

Edit:
A little more info and some pictures to try and help anyone who might be able to help

Im usingV2007.3.100 that has come as part of the software I am being trained to use called Microvellum (MV). What I am trying to do is create a report with pictures that have been generated by MV. Having placed the picture I then point the software to the data which contains the picture info such as filename and location. When i preview it I get the following error

Method: Format Error
Input string was not in a correct format

doghouse · Post by **doghouse** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:04 am

In case you can't tell I am a total and utter newb to this thing!

Off to read the manual now.
Is there any recommended reading for someone like me who has zero knowledge of VB.net etc?

Brendan · Post by **Brendan** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:33 am

There are several flash tutorials available on the website here

http://www.stimulsoft.com/LiveDemos.aspx

Also be sure to check out the Demo application that comes with the Stimul Reports.NET installation. It should be in your Start Menu -> Programs

The Demo application covers alot of the basics and some advanced stuff too.

As for the VB.NET stuff, there is alot you can do within the report designer without having to write any code. It's when you need to do something custom or perform some sort of logic, that's when you will need to write code.

Edit: You can check the Images report in the Demo application under "Basic Reports". Also what data format is the "Picture column in your datasource from the screenshots you included? Is it a byte[] of binary data of the picture or a string reference to a filename that contains the picture?

doghouse · Post by **doghouse** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:11 pm

Hi Brendan, thanks for the reply. Much appreciated.

I have checked out the page you linked and have gleaned some extra knowledge, the picture data is a string containing the filename, its a windows metafile (.wmf)
The picture issue is secondary to a few other issues that I am running into, they probably will be posted in another thread.

In regards to the VB.net stuff, I am glad to hear thats its only for customising things.

Brendan · Post by **Brendan** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:12 am

doghouse wrote: I have checked out the page you linked and have gleaned some extra knowledge, the picture data is a string containing the filename, its a windows metafile (.wmf)

In this case try setting the Image URL property to your Picture column.